Materials scientist explores why some household cleaners could harm the protective coating on a smartphone screen. To help curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus,…
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This visualization shows the magnetic field around Earth, or the magnetosphere. Earth’s magnetic field origins are still a mystery, a new MIT study finds. Credit:…
Fluids that heat or cool surfaces make a transition from a smooth flow to a mixing, turbulent flow. A new MIT analysis shows the importance…
A new study from an MIT-led consortium, which analyzed 18 incidents of viral contamination at biopharmaceutical manufacturing plants, offers insight into the most common sources…
A microinjection device (red) is attached to a citrus tree, providing a way of injecting pesticide or other materials directly into the plant’s circulatory system.…
To reduce lag times and increase quality in video streaming, mobile gaming, and other web services, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory…
Shuguang Zhang, a scientist in MIT’s Media Lab, has been developing antibody-like proteins that can fuse to cytokine receptors and potentially block a “cytokine storm,”…
A look inside the Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (MOVPE). This machine was used to grow nanowires with hexagonal silicon-germanium shells. The emission from this…
A simulation system invented at MIT to train driverless cars creates a photorealistic world with infinite steering possibilities, helping the cars learn to navigate a…
From developing vaccines to helping governments keep communities informed, a number of companies with MIT ties are working to address problems brought on by the…
This visualization shows the Gulf Stream’s sea surface currents and temperatures. Credit: MIT/JPL project entitled Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II…
New technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devices. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers Technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer,…
MIT chemists have designed a peptide that can bind to part of the coronavirus spike protein, which they hope may prevent the virus from being…
Terahertz waves are pervasive in our daily lives, and if harnessed, their concentrated power could potentially serve as an alternate energy source. Imagine, for instance,…
The new device fits around an Ambu bag (blue), which hospitals already have on hand in abundance. Designed to be squeezed by hand, instead they…
MIT joins a consortium of supercomputing resources to help speed the search for Covid-19 solutions. Credit: CDC, MIT News, SciTechDaily The White House has announced…
Ocean Currents. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Growth of an Organism Rides on a Pattern of Waves Study shows ripples across a…
The 2019 ozone hole reached its peak extent of 6.3 million square miles (16. 4 million square kilometers) on September 8. Abnormal weather patterns in…
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient, emerging from the surface of cells…
Market concentration in the form of “superstar” firms has been lowering labor’s share of GDP in recent decades, a new study finds. It’s one of…